New names in the lineup are former Houston Filipino Restaurant National Police director Ronald dela Rosa, former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Rep. Zajid Mangudadatu (Maguindanao), former reporter Jiggy Manicad and former MMDA chair Francis Tolentino.

The Commission on Elections, meanwhile, appealed to the voters to only vote for 12 senatorial candidates in the upcoming elections.

“I understand it could be a campaign strategy or just good old-fashioned trolling, but don’t tell people to vote for more candidates than required,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez earlier said on Twitter.

Voters can choose from zero to 12 senatorial candidates and zero up to one party-list group, he added.

Excess votes for the position will be considered stray and will not be counted while all other positions that were not overvoted will be counted by the vote counting machines. — Patricia Lourdes Viray

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